Iranian Prez Bans Western Music...

Swift Sword · 12-20-2005, 09:30 AM

"Guilty Zio-Crusader feet ain't got no Mohammedian--blessed be His Name--submitting to Allah rhythm "

He is using the October Supreme Council ruling to get rid of George Michael and Kenny G.

Seriously, though, this is a golden opportunity to swamp disenchanted Iranian youth with blackmarket music and clandestinely beam the stuff in so they can listen secretly in the night along with the latest news

Unfortunately, I hear that the Voice of America is in a bit of dissarray at this point. Anybody got the straight skinny?

Well there is always the 193'rd SOW and other similarly tasked and equipped units, I suppose.

Tom Metzger's lesson about propagandizing youth with music should be taken to heart here.

Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4543720.stm

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Iran president bans Western music

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Ahmadinejad's ruling will affect artists like George Michael
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has banned Western and "indecent" music from state-run TV and radio stations.

The ban follows a ruling in October by the Supreme Cultural Revolutionary Council, which he heads, to ban Western songs from the airwaves.

"Blocking indecent and Western music from the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting is required," a statement from the council said.

Songs by artists such as Eric Clapton and George Michael will be affected.

'Lack of knowledge'

Songs such as Clapton's Rush, Michael's Careless Whisper and The Eagles' Hotel California are often used as background music on Iranian TV programmes.

Songs by American easy-listening artist Kenny G are also often featured.

"This is terrible," said Iranian guitarist Babak Riahipour, a musician whose songs featured on state TV and radio. "The decision shows a lack of knowledge and experience."

Mr Ahmadinejad became president this year promising to reverse a recent series of reforms and return Iran to the ultra-conservative atmosphere of the 1979 revolution.

"Supervision of content from films, TV series and their voice-overs is emphasized in order to support spiritual cinema and to eliminate trite and violence," the council said on its website in reference to the October ruling.

Mr Ahmadinejad's programme has included sacking more moderate members of the government and replacing them with ex-military commanders and politically inexperienced religious leaders.

In recent weeks he launched an outspoken attack on Israel, calling for the Jewish state to be "wiped off the map".

He also claimed the Nazi Holocaust, which killed six million Jews, was a "myth".

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Bluesman · 12-20-2005, 11:05 AM

Absolutely correct, Swifty. We have an opportunity, here, a BIG one, but as usual, it's going to ground, without us capitalizing on it.

One of my biggest beefs with this war is the temerity that we've approached using our best and biggest 'weapons of mass persuation', our ability to sway huge numbers of people and change minds and perceptions. We need a muscular and smart information operations campaign NOT ONLY IN ACTIVE THEATERS OF CONFLICT, but all over the world. We could win this war NOW, and we could KEEP it won for generations to come, but we've got to actually FIGHT it correctly for that to happen.

So far, our efforts have been weak and not very effective. If we can make everybody in the world believe they need iPods and expensive coffee, surely we can make 'em want to live decent, free and tolerant lives, instead of killing themselves and people of different faith.

**Lunatock** · 12-20-2005, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Bluesman

Absolutely correct, Swifty.
So far, our efforts have been weak and not very effective. If we can make everybody in the world believe they need iPods and expensive coffee, surely we can make 'em want to live decent, free and tolerant lives, instead of killing themselves and people of different faith.

Well that evil scheme was taking hold in Iran, until the recently "democratically elected" President started doing away with the reformists and all things western. Plus he was kind enough to get a few thousand votes on ballots for the Iraqi elections and send them across the border in a gas truck or trucks, but we rudely passed on all those.

Bluesman · 12-20-2005, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Lunatock

{Iran} was kind enough to get a few thousand votes on ballots for the Iraqi elections and send them across the border in a gas truck or trucks, but we rudely passed on all those.

Actually, that never really happened. It was a hoax, an attempt to pre-emptively 'invalidate' the election. It was designed to plant doubt that the election outcome was tainted, and therefore illegitimate, and therefore a reason for continued dissatisfaction among the poplace, and therefore a reason to keep the violence going.

Now, see, THERE is an information operation that is creative and forward-looking. It was evil and it didn't work (okay, some of the initial reports took hold - even Lunatock has not seen the rumor dispelled yet - and the conspiracy-crazy Arabs will buy it, but STILL...), but our enemies understand this stuff better than WE do, sometimes. They can't beat us with rifles and bombs; they've got to get into our heads and make us DOUBT whether we're doing things right, and whether we're doing the Right Thing.

**Shek** · 12-20-2005, 13:16 PM

I just think he's banning it because Howard Stern is now on Sirrius satellite radio. All his talk about infidel lesbians is too much to handle

Bluesman · 12-20-2005, 14:23 PM

HAH!

**Lunatock** · 12-20-2005, 14:25 PM

I wonder when Ahmadinejad is going to be at the UN next? I'd like to experiment and see what his kneejerk reaction would be if I show him the cover of a DVD from Iran that was banned or my copy of Reading Lolita In Tehran.

A religous fatwa made on the fly and an attempt to confiscate such things from an American? He seems about as far off his rocker to try it.

Dreadnought · 12-20-2005, 14:44 PM

I love this guy why do we have to hate him when he will make his own country hate him anyway...lol Keep up the good work jackass were all behind ya

smilingassassin · 12-20-2005, 14:48 PM

A Co-worker, whos Iranian said this is nothing more than a joke on the part of "Captain Iran", with all the FREE satilite access banning western music, or any music for that matter is merely a pipe dream.

BenRoethig · 12-21-2005, 03:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Swift Sword

"Guilty Zio-Crusader feet ain't got no Mohammedian--blessed be His Name--submitting to Allah rhythm "

He is using the October Supreme Council ruling to get rid of George Michael and Kenny G.

Scary, me and Ahmadinejad agree on something.

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Originally Posted by Lunatock

I wonder when Ahmadinejad is going to be at the UN next? I'd like to experiment and see what his kneejerk reaction would be if I show him the cover of a DVD from Iran that was banned or my copy of Reading Lolita In Tehran.

I'd like to experiment by "accidentally" dropping him off at the intersection of Mulberry and Grand in lower Manhattan and see what happens.

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Originally Posted by Dreadnought

I love this guy why do we have to hate him when he will make his own country hate him anyway...lol Keep up the good work jackass were all behind ya

Turn worldwide public opinion against Iran and turn his own people against him. I couldn't have planted someone better.

**Lunatock** · 12-21-2005, 13:07 PM

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Originally Posted by BenRoethig

I'd like to experiment by "accidentally" dropping him off at the intersection of Mulberry and Grand in lower Manhattan and see what happens.

Not unlike my idea of a guided tour of Brooklyn and Manhattan, on foot.

Dreadnought · 12-21-2005, 13:35 PM

Turn worldwide public opinion against Iran and turn his own people against him. I couldn't have planted someone better.

And who says some of the best things in the world arent free.

12-20-2005, 11:05 AM	#2 (permalink)
Bluesman WAB Bartender *Defense Professional* *Military Professional* Join Date: 11-24-04 Location: Vacaville, CA. Posts: 7,514 Country:	Absolutely correct, Swifty. We have an opportunity, here, a BIG one, but as usual, it's going to ground, without us capitalizing on it. One of my biggest beefs with this war is the temerity that we've approached using our best and biggest 'weapons of mass persuation', our ability to sway huge numbers of people and change minds and perceptions. We need a muscular and smart information operations campaign NOT ONLY IN ACTIVE THEATERS OF CONFLICT, but all over the world. We could win this war NOW, and we could KEEP it won for generations to come, but we've got to actually FIGHT it correctly for that to happen. So far, our efforts have been weak and not very effective. If we can make everybody in the world believe they need iPods and expensive coffee, surely we can make 'em want to live decent, free and tolerant lives, instead of killing themselves and people of different faith. __________________ "The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it, and if one finds the prospect of a long war intolerable, it is natural to disbelieve in the possibility of victory." - George Orwell

12-20-2005, 13:16 PM	#5 (permalink)
Shek *Military Professional* Moderator Join Date: 02-23-05 Location: Krblachistan Posts: 7,955 Country:	I just think he's banning it because Howard Stern is now on Sirrius satellite radio. All his talk about infidel lesbians is too much to handle __________________ "So little pains do the vulgar take in the investigation of truth, accepting readily the first story that comes to hand." Thucydides 1.20.3

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Bluesman WAB Bartender *Defense Professional* *Military Professional* Join Date: 11-24-04 Location: Vacaville, CA. Posts: 7,514 Country:	HAH!

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